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We are an experienced criminal defence firm offering straightforward, down-to-earth advice.
If you've been accused of a crime, it can be one of the most difficult experiences of your life. Get the help you need from an experienced professional: it could be the difference between a successful outcome and life-changing consequences. Based in Edmonton, we practice throughout Alberta, Western Canada, and the Northwest Territories. Contact us today to get your free consultation.
A CLIENT-CENTERED APPROACH
Our defense lawyers are committed to defending people who are charged with criminal offences or are facing other serious allegations.
Our attorneys have spent years helping people at all stages of the criminal process, including:
- Advice when a person is arrested
- Advice for people under police investigation
- Bail hearings
- Sentencing
- Trials
- Appeals
OUR LAWYERS HAVE EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN ALL AREAS OF CRIMINAL DEFENCE LAW
Including murder, manslaughter, assault, assault with a weapon, assault causing bodily harm, and aggravated assault.
Such as possession of a controlled substance, possession for the purpose of trafficking, and drug trafficking.
Including sexual assault, prostitution offences, and other allegations of sexual misconduct.
Including driving under the influence (DUI), impaired driving causing bodily harm or death, refusing a breath demand, driving “over 80” (over the legal blood alcohol limit), dangerous driving, traffic offences, and appeals of roadside licence suspensions.
Including everything from internet luring, cyber-stalking, extortion (blackmail), to complicated identity theft charges, fraud and forgery, or copyright crimes and other intellectual property crimes.
Regulatory Offences
Such as defending both individuals and companies charged with: Occupational health and safety offences, Environmental offences, Public health offences under the Public Health Act, and Fish, wildlife, and hunting offences under the Wildlife Act.
Such as allegations of domestic assault, criminal harassment, and uttering threats.
Including possession of prohibited or restricted weapons, and careless storage or unlawful possession of firearms.
Including everything from shoplifting, to theft from an employer, to income tax offences, to complicated white-collar fraud charges.
Including appeals of both conviction and sentence, applications for release pending appeal, and appeals to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Civil Forfeiture & Proceeds of Crime
Including applications for the return of property seized by the police.
Extradition Proceedings
Including extradition hearings and applications for release.
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CRIMINAL LAW ARTICLES
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If a young person pleads guilty, or is found guilty after a trial, there are a wide range of sentences that can be imposed. Many...
Probation can be part of or the whole of a sentence after someone is found guilty of a criminal offence. Probation or a probation order,...
The Alternative Measures Program (often called AMP) is an option that is often available for people charged with minor criminal offences who have no criminal...
Canadian law only punishes voluntary conduct – behavior that is the product of a free will and a controlled body. It is only when someone’s...
Canadian law only punishes voluntary conduct – behavior that is the product of a free will and controlled body. It is only when someone’s actions...
In Canada, young people charged with a crime are dealt with in youth court with a special set of rules set out in the Youth...
In Canada, all offences under the Criminal Code of Canada and other legislation such as The Controlled Drugs and Substances Act, are categorized as either...
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